Comments on: Sun protection techniques https://pmags.com/sun-protection-techniques Practical advice and musings on the outdoors, hiking, backpacking, ski touring, and camping. Sun, 27 Apr 2025 18:06:31 +0000 hourly 1 By: Steve https://pmags.com/sun-protection-techniques#comment-700440 Thu, 10 Nov 2022 08:40:54 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=31417#comment-700440 In reply to Paul Mags.

Wow. Not the most desirable contest to win––#1 in melanoma. Guides with Irish surnames (like the man pictured) should take special care. On the upside, no vitamin D supplementation needed.

]]> By: Paul Mags https://pmags.com/sun-protection-techniques#comment-700439 Thu, 10 Nov 2022 04:08:23 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=31417#comment-700439 In my younger years, I did not use any sun protection. Just not part of the culture during childhood.

When I moved out West, I started paying attention to sun protection. Even in Moab, we are at 4k+ feet. The UV gets intense, and some sun protection is a must.

No surprise, esp among guides, Utah ranks high in melanoma. https://moabsunnews.com/2019/06/13/moab-guides-screened-for-skin-cancer/

]]> By: Steve https://pmags.com/sun-protection-techniques#comment-700438 Thu, 10 Nov 2022 03:23:09 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=31417#comment-700438 It’s interesting to see how you and Joan do things differently to account for your individual differences. The balance between sun protection and ventilation is an ongoing struggle for me in the hotter months. Many with your melanin seem to forgo precaution all together. A random thing I heard that always stuck with me is that when darker complected people get melanomas, it’s usually in weird places like in between fingers/toes, under finger/toenails, or even palms. Also that men tend to get it with alarming frequency on lips, eyelids, ear tops, back of necks and shoulders.

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